These images are available as photographic prints from this site and as offset lithographic prints as enlargements, post cards and greeting cards with envelopes by contacting Mr. DuHamel.

 Sitting prominently on Smith Hill in Providence, the Rhode Island State House is a landmark visible from most of downtown and many approaching highways. The building is a testament to Rhode Island's political, cultural and economic standing at the turn of the century.

  Designed by the New York architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White, construction of the State House began in 1895 and continued until 1901. The completed building is 330 feet long, 180 feet wide and 233 feet high. Built of white marble with a large central dome and two wings, the State House follows the form established for bicameral legislative buildings by the United States Capital Building in Washington, D.C.

  It includes a central entrance rotunda flanked by two wings. Carved in the marble over the pillared porticoes are quotations and historical chronologies of Rhode Island and its history. On the top of the dome stands the statue of the Independent Man.

  Images here were originally printed from the 4x5 and 5x7 glass negatives recorded between 1895 and 1901. One shot from the State House lawn shows the RI Infantry with canons during the construction period when the dome was as yet incomplete.

  The image of The Rhode Island State House at night was photographed in 1948. That the city of Providence has grown around the Rhode Island State House has done two things: It has made the state house a central point in the city of Providence and it has also hidden the views of the State House itself, making the images available here, so much more appreciated.

 The images of Roger Williams Park were recorded at the completion of the park in 1896.

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